Naruto

Naruto is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1999 to 2014, and released in tankōbon (book) form in 72 volumes. The manga was adapted into an anime television series produced by Pierrot and Aniplex, which broadcast 220 episodes in Japan from 2002 to 2007; the English dub of the series aired on Cartoon Network and YTV from 2005 to 2009. The English dub was broadcast on Disney XD from 2009 to 2011, and then switched over to Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in January 2014, starting over from the first episode. Naruto is the sixth best-selling manga series in history having 250 million copies in circulation worldwide. The anime series began airing in the United States and Canada in 2005, and in the UK and Australia in 2006 and 2007. Other Naruto-related merchandise includes light novels, video games, and trading cards. Reviewers praised the manga's character development, strong storylines, and well-executed fight scenes.

Naruto Uzumaki is a teenage boy from Konoha, one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries in the Ninja World. A powerful fox known as the Nine-Tails attacks Konoha and is sealed inside the body of his father, the Fourth Hokage. The Third Hokage forbids any mention of these events until 12 years later, when Mizuki, a renegade ninja, reveals the truth to him. Shortly afterward, he becomes a ninja and joins with his teammates to form Team 7, under an experienced sensei, Kakashi Hatake. Kakashi allows Team 7 to take a ninja exam, enabling them to advance to a higher rank and take on more difficult missions, known as Chunin Exams. During the exams, Orochimaru invades Konoha and kills the Third Hokage for revenge. Jiraiya declines the title of Fifth Hokage and searches with Naruto and Sasuke for Tsunade instead. It is revealed that Orochbugu wishes to train Sasuke because of his powerful genetic heritage, the Sharingan. After he fails to kill his older brother Itachi, who had shown up in Konoha to kidnap Naruto, he joins Orochugamis to help him.

Sasuke betrays Orochimaru and faces Itachi to take revenge. The Akatsuki starts kidnapping the hosts of the powerful Tailed Beasts. Team 7 and other Leaf ninjas fight against them and search for their teammate. As Konoha ninjas defeated several Akatsuki members, the Akatsuki figurehead leader, Nagato, kills Jiraiya. That decision results in a Fourth Shinobi World War between the combined armies of the Five Great Countries (known as the Allied Shinobi Forces) and forces of zombie-like ninjas. Naruto, along with the help of Killer Bee, gains control of his Tailed Beast and the two of them head for the battlefield. During the conflict, it is revealed that Tobi is Obito Uchiha and not Madara as he claimed. Madara's body ends up possessed by Kaguya Otsutsuki, an ancient princess who intends to subdue all humanity. A reformed Obito sacrifices himself to help Team 7 stop her, and Madara dies as well. After the war, Kakashi steps down while Naruto marries Hinata Hyuga and becomes Seventh Hokage, raising the next generation.